In the early morning hour of December 9, 2012, around 3:30 AM, a Hispanic male, wearing blue denim shorts, work boots, a tan shirt and an orange hat entered the Valero Gas Station at 14587 FM 1485, near Old Houston Road in Grangerland and after casing the store and leaving, he returned later casing the store again and walked up to the clerk who was mopping floors , grabbed her by the hair and drug her outside, During this time he told her she should cooperate if she wants to survive.
The man threatened the clerk and forced her outside by pulling her by the hair and forced her into a white newer model extended cab Toyota Tacoma pickup.
With a knife he threatened her with a knife and demanded sexual favors. However, with he on the passenger side he started to back out. That is when she opened the passenger door and escaped.
She ran back into the store, locking herself in the restroom and calling for help. Jose Garcia then moved his truck to the front of the store, got out and ran back into the store. Yelling through the bathroom door that he was about to fill it with holes. He then left.
MCSO Detective Blevins and his crime analyst had been analyzing the case. One day, the analyst happened to stop by the Shamrock station on West Davis in Conroe and noticed a contract laborer doing work there, whom she recognized as Garcia. She notified Detective Blevins who investigated the sighting and arrested Garcia on Valentines Day 2013.
Garcia’s trial started on Monday in Judge Kelly Case’s Court. Tuesday after just ten minutes of deliberation the jury found him guilty. Wednesday after hearing additional testimony of Garcia’s character the jury gave him a life sentence after deliberating just over an hour.
The case was prosecuted by Andrew James and Mike Shirley of the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office.
ABOVE ARE SERVERAL CAMERA VIEWS OF THE ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING
PROSECUTORS TALK ABOUT THE ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING TRIAL
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